Yarn-scouring machine



(ModeL) J. C EIGHARDSON.

YARN SGOURING MACHINE.

No. 262,832. Patented Aug. 15, 1882,

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PAT NT FFICE.

JAMES (J. RICHARDSON, OF BOSGOBEL, WISCONSIN.

YARN-SCOURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,832, dated August 15, 1882,

Application filed November 1, 1881. (Modelfi ti l Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. RICHARDSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boscobel, in the county of Grant and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Yarn Scourin g Machines; and I do declare thefollowin g to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine adapted especially for scouring or washing yarn, yet serviceable with efficiency for other purposes; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically set forth in the claims.

. The object of the invention is to provide a revolving reel or compound expanding roller which will allow the rolls thereon to be displaced until the several hanks, skeins, or the like of yarn are placed upon the reel or compound expanding roller, and to give to such rolls such an independent revolution in their own bearings, operated by the novel mechanical movement shown, as will change the point of bearing upon each of the rolls in the box with each revolution of the reel, as will be set forth.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is an end elevation, partly in section, of the internal box, &c., removed from the vat; Fig. 2, a top plan view with the reel removed; Fig. 3, a plan view of the reel; and Fig. 4, an end view of the reel, showing the cams.

To enable others skilled in the art to which the invention relates to make and use the invention, I will describe its construction and operation, and to this end I refer to the said drawings by letter, similar letters of reference indicating like parts in each figure.

A represents the tub or receptacle, having a bearing, a, upon one side of the box A for one end of the shaft A, and an angular recess, a, upon the opposite side, adapted to receive a correspondingly-formed box, B, in which is journaled the other end of the shaft A.

13 represents the box, which fits in the cess a, and in which the shaft A is journaled;

B, the roller-heads, having projecting pins? 1) and b, the pins projecting from the box B.

The box B being stationary and the pins 11 operating in the links of an endless chain, B which chain also operates over the pins brin the rollerheads B, not only is the reel rotated by the direct action of the shaft A, but the action of the chain, in connection with the roller-heads B b, serves also to give to each roll 0 a steady and independent revolution as the shaft A is rotated.

The rolls 0 are journaled in cross-arms D, slotted at d, to which are attached, by proper set-screws, e, head-plates E, having segmental slots f, in which the set-screws e operate. The

set-screws 6 being loosened, the roll-shafts Cmo are allowed to be adjusted upon cam-faces E at v will, to apply the skein or bank, or to adjust the tension of the same after it has been applied. Each roller 0 operates in conjunction with rollers H, having shafts h journaled in radial slots t in a removable internal box, I, and each roll is held centrally by the constant force of a spring, :11. The rolls H are arranged semicircularly or segmentally, and the sections may be arranged so as to form a closed box with a completecircular system of rollers.

Itwill be observed that each rollerO makes principle or sacrificing the advantages of my invention, the essential features of which coit gfi sist in the spring-rollers H, the rollers 0, headplates E, having slots f and cam-faces E, and means for imparting a rotating movement to each roll 0 independently.

What I claim is- 1. In a yarn-scouring machine, a compound expanding roller composed of a slotted frame, independent rolls journaled therein, and camfaced heads, means for imparting to such in I, having spring-rolls arranged semiciroularly, v

segmentally, or circularly, combined with a revolving compound expanding roller, the independent rolls 0 of which make contact with said springrolls, and said rolls 0 having an independent rotary motion, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a yarn-scouring machine, means, substantially as described, for contracting; the

{compound expanding roller to allow of the placement of the skeins or banks, and means, substantially as described, for imparting to each independent roll 0 an independent rotary motion, combined with flexible or spring bearings, arranged as shown, as set forth.

4. The independent rolls 0, journaled in the v frame-arms D (I, combined with the endless 5. The removable box or frame I, having sockets i and springs or, the rolls H, arranged in the form of a segment, combined with the reservoir A, and the compound expanding roller, having the independent rolls 0, as and for the purposes specified.

6. The head-plate E, slotted at f, and setscrews 0, combined with the cam-faces E, the rolls 0, rolls H x, and motive power, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a yarn-scouring machine, the cams E E, combined with the rollsG and frame D d, and adapted to adjust the tension of the yarn upon the rolls 0 at will, as specified.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

JAMES C. RICHARDSON.

\Vitnesses:

H. CLAY SMrrH, J. A. HARROLD. 

